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From: Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca>
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Subject: Re: Custom fonts
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On 11-12-20 07:11 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:37:59 -0400, Arved Sandstrom
> <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
> someone who said :
> 
>> Obviously subjective. :-) I took a look at PragmataPro's website, and it
>> does look appealing. However, my current go-to programming font is Envy
>> Code R.
> 
> I have not tried that one.  PragmataPro does not appeal aesthetically.
> However, I have found it greatly enhances readability.

That's what I mean by "appealing". I wasn't necessarily talking
Carolingian illuminated half-uncials. :-)

> Normally I
> keep taking my glasses off to get a closer look.  I don't have to do
> that with PragmataPro.

I'm with you on the vision thing, brother. I should have bifocals but
have stubbornly resisted, so now I've got a driving pair of glasses, a
work (programming/reading) pair, and an older general-purpose
(everything but long-distance) pair. I take readability and lighting and
contrast pretty seriously.

> It has one tiny problem left in Italic where
> the a and o look too much alike which the author said he will fix.  He
> has worked hard to make each letter quite distinct.
> 
> Would you be willing to create an Envy code R font and Inconsolata
> sample with http://mindprod.com/applet/fontshower.html
> to show at http://mindprod.com/jgloss/programmerfont.html? 

The first part is easy (nice applet btw; I like the "lookalikes" row).
The second part not so easy: I get a 404.

[ SNIP ]

AHS